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. 1988 Mar;57(3):317–318. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1988.70

Oral urea in the treatment of secondary tumours in the liver.

P I Clark 1, M L Slevin 1, J A Webb 1, R J Osborne 1, S Jones 1, P F Wrigley 1
PMCID: PMC2246510  PMID: 3355771

Abstract

Twenty patients with secondary liver tumours, predominantly from colorectal carcinoma, were treated with oral urea at a daily dose of 8 gm-2. Treatment was well tolerated without side-effects. No objective responses were seen. It is concluded that oral urea is ineffective in the treatment of liver metastases from colorectal cancer.

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